Country: Argentina/France/Italy/Spain
Genre: Comedy Drama
Year of Production: 2003
Format: 35mm
Running Time: 100 minutes
Certificate: 15
Theatrical Release Date: 28th April 2006
DVD Release date: 25th September 2006
From director DANIEL BURMAN, one of the most prominent and exciting of the young directors forming the "New Wave" in Argentine Cinema, comes this much anticipated, highly acclaimed and award-winning comedy. A story of a first, bittersweet encounter between a father and his young adult son, the film conjures up an ensemble of engaging characters who pursue their humble dreams with witty humour, irresistible passion and an infectious generosity of spirit.
This is Ariel's world: the small, slightly seedy shopping center in downtown Buenos Aires, where the Italian shopkeepers scream all day, the Koreans sell feng-shui and old Osvaldo sells nothing. Where Ariel's mother runs a lingerie shop and his brother deals in import-export. It's a comfortable little world, in spite of an undercurrent of malaise and uncertainty. Many young people are searching for their immigrant roots to obtain a coveted foreign passport, the key to a world full of promise.
Ariel, however, wants more than a passport from Poland, where his grandparents fled to escape the Holocaust. He wants to understand. Why his father left his family shortly after his birth to fight a war in Israel. Why he never returned. And why this seems to leave his mother and brother indifferent. When Ariel's father returns to Buenos Aires, he brings with him new truths, a new story and, ultimately, a long-overdue embrace.
"Superb" (4 STARS)TIME OUT"Recalls classic Woody Allen"LOS ANGELES TIMES"A gratifying portrait of multicultural cordiality... Burman explores both character and ethnicity with a canny wit."David Parkinson, EMPIRE"a wonderfully eccentric variation on Woody Allen, with perhaps just a twist of Fellini"METRO"superbly handled and well-realised" (4 STARS)FILM REVIEW"delightful" CRITICS' CHOICEDAILY TELEGRAPH"a real delight"NORTH LONDON NEWSPAPERS"If Buenos Aires were Manhattan, this would be a comedy by Woody Allen."Esteve Riambau, FOTOGRAMAS"An engaging... well-observed comedy"VARIETY"A witty and charming film"FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL"A nimble and intelligent comedy guided by a sense of humour that's endearing and on the spot."Carlos Boyero, EL MUNDO"Lost Embrace seems small in subject and scope, but it's large in spirit and implication."Michael Wilmington, CHICAGO TRIBUNE"Ariel must deal with the everyday eccentricities of the delightful inhabitants of the mall, whom Burman captures with an affection and an irony that matches François Truffaut's"Peter Keough, THE BOSTON PHOENIX"Tender and exhilarating, moving and wise, ingenious and bursting with energy"Fabio Ferzetti, IL MESSAGGER"Though it deals with serious subjects – lost fathers, lost love, the strategies we use to define who we are - the film’s comic sureness of touch and its range of lively character parts serve to embed the heavier issues in a deceptively light dramatic chassis."Lee Marshall, SCREEN DAILY"Lost Embrace is beautifully written and performed, with a good deal of nicely observed comedy and a subtle and gently philosophical tone."Sandra Hebron, LONDON FILM FESTIVALFOR PRESS NOTES CLICK HERE:
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